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Researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system allowing color vision in fish living beyond sunlight's reach. Fish such as the silver spinyfin possess multiple rod opsins, sensitive to different wavelengths, potentially used for detecting specific prey species through bioluminescent cues.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Color vision found in fish that live in near darkness University of Maryland · May 9, 2019 · first to report
- Uncovered in deep-sea fish: A novel vision strategy based on multiple rod-opsins American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · May 9, 2019
- New type of highly sensitive vision discovered in deep-sea fish University of Basel · May 9, 2019